Joel B. Green

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Joel B. Green
Born (1956-05-07) May 7, 1956 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor of New Testament Interpretation at
American Baptist Seminary of the West
Graduate Theological Union
Fuller Theological Seminary
Notable worksDictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
The Gospel of Luke (NICNT)
Websitewww.fuller.edu/faculty/joel-b-green/

Joel B. Green (born May 7, 1956) is an American

theologian, author, Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Study, and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Green is a prolific author who has written on a diverse range of topics related to both New Testament scholarship and theology. He is an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church.[1]

Education

Green holds the academic degrees of Bachelor of Science, conferred by Texas Tech University in 1978, Master of Theology, received in 1982 from the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University; and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, obtained in 1985.[2]

Career

From 1992 to 1997 Green was Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the

Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, dean of the School of Theology, and provost, before taking up the post of Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.[2][3] In 2011, Green was named as the general editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT).[4] He has served as chair of the Council of the Society of Biblical Literature and a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Biblical Research.[2]

Theology

Green has a

Wesleyan-Arminian approach of the Scripture.[5]

Publications

He has written and edited some fifty-five books.[3] They include Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, and In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem.[3]

He has also written many articles and chapters, both for academic study and for general readership. He is the General Editor of the

Science & Christian Belief.[2][3] He is the New Testament editor for the Common English Bible.[6]

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